Winnefred Dexter

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Winnefred (Sprague) Dexter (1673 - 1752)

Winnefred "Winifred" Dexter formerly Sprague
Born 31 Dec 1673 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Samuel Sprague and Rebecca (Crawford) Brown
Sister of Samuel Sprague Jr. and Rebecca (Sprague) Austin
Wife of John Dexter Jr. — married 1694 in Malden, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of John Dexter, Winifred Dexter, Samuel Dexter, Timothy Dexter, John Dexter Sr and Richard Dexter
Died 5 Dec 1752 at age 78 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

John Dexter married Winnefred Sprague, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Crawford) Sprague. [1][2]

Children of John Dexter and Winnefred Sprague all born in Malden, Massachusetts include:

John Dexter
Winnefred Dexter
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Samuel Dexter
John Dexter
Timothy Dexter
Timothy Dexter
John Dexter, b. 19 Dec 1705; d. 17 May 1790 Malden
Richard Dexter, a physician of Topsfield b. 15 June 1713; d. 25 Nov 1783 Topsfield m. 24 March 1741 Mehitable Putnam, b. 12 March 1720; d. 2 Sept 1801 [3]
The Will of John Dexter made on April 8, 1721, mentions his wife Winnefred and three sons, Samuel, John and Richard. He probably had eleven children as his gravestone states that there are buried "by him the bodies of eight of his children," leaving the three surviving sons as his only heirs.

They lost several young children and it is said that they had a day of fasting and prayer before the birth of Reverend Samuel Dexter.

Sources

↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
↑ Orlando Perry Dexter, Henry L. Mills, ed, John Haven Dexter, Dexter Genealogy : 1642-1904 : being a history of the descendants of Richard Dexter of Malden, Massachusetts, from the notes of John Haven Dexter and original researches New York, Press of J.J. Little & co. p 31.Archive.org
↑ Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America, Recording the ancestry and descendants of Jo Published: Salem, Mass. 1891. Archive.org

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Category: Malden, Massachusetts

Biography ==John Dexter married Winnefred Sprague, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Crawford) Sprague. <ref>Torry, Clarence A. New EnglandMarriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.</ref><ref>Orlando Perry Dexter, Henry L. Mills, ed, John Haven Dexter, Dexter Genealogy : 1642-1904 : being a history of the descendants of Richard Dexter of Malden, Massachusetts, from the notes of John Haven Dexter and original researches New York, Press of J.J. Little & co. p 31.[https://archive.org/details/dextergenealogy1904dextArchive.org]</ref>

Children of John Dexter and Winnefred Sprague all born in Malden, Massachusetts include:

1. John Dexter
2. Winnefred Dexter
3. Unknown
4. Unknown
5. Unknown
6. Samuel Dexter
7. John Dexter
8. Timothy Dexter
9. Timothy Dexter
10. John Dexter, b. 19 Dec 1705; d. 17 May 1790 Malden# Richard Dexter, a physician of Topsfield b. 15 June 1713; d. 25 Nov 1783 Topsfield m. 24 March 1741 Mehitable Putnam, b. 12 March 1720; d.2 Sept 1801 <ref>Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America, Recording the ancestry and descendants of Jo Published: Salem, Mass. 1891. Archive.org</ref> The Will of John Dexter made on April 8, 1721, mentions his wife Winnefred and three sons, Samuel, John and Richard. He probably had eleven children as his gravestone states that there are buried"by him the bodies of eight of his children," leaving the three surviving sons as his only heirs. They lost several young children and it is said that they had a day offasting and prayer before the birth of Reverend Samuel Dexter.

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